Legal battle in United States: Finmeccanica instigated an action against General Motors before the District Court of Virginia. The case regards a patent filed by General Motors allegedly in infringement of a patent filed by Ansaldo, Lucchi Elettromeccanica and Tor VergataUniversity. The latter covers an electrical engine which can be used for hybrid vehicles. Behind the legal battle of this case, we imagine what kind of cars we will be driving tomorrow.